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ROBERT JAMIESON (c. 1780-1844)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 149 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROBERT See also:JAMIESON (c. 1780-1844)  , Scottish See also:antiquary, was See also:born in Morayshire . In 18o6 he published a collection of 149 Scarce See also:Editions . Two pleasing lyrics of his own were included . See also:Scott, through whose assistance he received a See also:government See also:post at See also:Edinburgh, held See also:Jamieson in high esteem and pointed out his skill in discovering the connexion between Scandinavian and Scottish legends . Jamieson's See also:work preserved much oral tradition which might otherwise have been lost . He was associated with See also:Henry See also:Weber and Scott in Illustrations of See also:Northern Antiquities (1814) . He died on the 24th of See also:September 1844 .

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